Billiard cue lock



Sept. 20, 1949. .1. BOWMAN 2,482,240

BILLIARD CUE LOCK Filed May 15, 1947 INVENTOR.

y. invention relates liard cues and relates more'particularly t 1m-Patented Sept. 20, 1949 orFIcE 2,4s2,24o BILIiIARD CUE LOCK A JohnBowman, Elyria, Ohio Application May15, 1947. Serial No. 748,178 l (c1.-v--s2) UNI E STAT A T to improvements in bilproved locking meanstherefor. My invention "2 Claims.

also can be adapted for use as improved locking means for fishing polesflag poles, or as car locks, etc., to secure same to a boat with whichthe --same may be used, and various other uses may be found for theimproved structure of my in vention.

A principal object of my invention is to provide improved locking meansfor billiard cueswhereby such cues may be securely locked inthe rackswithin which the same are normally placed when they are not in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby the lockingmeans may be associated with the cue without altering in any respect thebasic conventional form of cue.

Another object of my invention is to provide cooperative meansassociated with billiard cue racks which will receive such improvedcues, when desired, and individually lock each such cue in place in therack so that only the owner of each cue may be able to remove his cuefrom the rack.

A further object of my invention is to provide improved means associatedwith a cue rack which are adapted to cooperate with locking meanscarried by a cue which will not alter in any respect the conventionalform of billard cue racks.

A still further object of my invention is to provide cooperating lockingmeans on said cue and rack which will be simple in construction,economical in manufacture and high efficient in use.

Still further and other objects of my invention as applied to thebilliard cue and racks, and the various other uses to which my inventioncan be put, will become increasingly apparent by reference to thefollowing description and appended drawings to which reference will behad in the description, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front plan view of a billiard cue rack, showing certain cueshaving the associated cue lock of my invention positioned therein;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse view taken through the line 22 of Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse view taken through the line 33 of Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the cue locking means of myinvention, certain portions being broken away to more fully illustratethe locking means;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the cue locking mechanism ofFig. 4, certain portions being broken away for further clarification.

Referring now to the drawings, in all of which like parts are designatedby like reference characters, at I0 I show a conventional type billiardcue having an adapter collar or spool-shaped adapter secured to theouter end of the cue, said collar comprising a disc shaped inner endportion 1| which is adapted to be secured to the outer face of the outerend 12 of the cue, as by riveting or the like.

The collar is further provided with a necked in grooved portion l3, fora purpose later to be described, and an outer and enlarged disc portionI! to which a hemispherical or otherwise rounded rubber or otherresilient material end 15 may be afiixed, said member I5, in the usualconstruction of billiard cues, being secured to the outer face l2 of thebilliard cue. In brief, the spool-shaped adapter is interposed betweenthe outer face of the outer end portion of the cue and the buffer l5usualy affixed thereto, said buffer in the present construction beingcarried by the spool-shaped adapter rather than the one end itself.

To the lower longitudinally extending frame member l6 of the billiardrack a plurality of billiard cue socket members I 6 are secured, as bywood screws IT or the like projected through perforations X in the baseof said socket. Said socket I6 is generally U-shaped in cross sectionand cylindrical in form having a pair of relatively spaced inturnedcylindrical shoulders 18 and I9, the shoulder l8 seating the slightlytapered end l2 of the cue l0 and the shoulder l9 seating the outer edgeof the disc M of the adapter and restraining further downward movementof the cue in the socket as well as aligning the grooved portion l3 ofthe spool-shaped adapter with the bore 20 of an outwardly extendingsleeve 2|, said sleeve being secured Within a perforation 22 dis osed inthe side of said pocket, as best shown in Fig. 5.

The sleeve 2| is also provided with an end cutoff portion 23 adjacentits outermost end, a vertically disposed aperture 24 being provided inthe seat 25 thereof, which receives the conventional small padlock P asshown in Fig. 5.

The sleeve 2! is further provided with longitudinally extending slots 26in opposite sides thereon within which protruding manipulation knobs 28and 29 of a plunger element 21, telescoped within the sleeve 21, areadapted to ride for reciprocatory forward and rearward movement therein.The plunger 21 is provided with a reduced inner rod end 30 which isadapted to be hand propelled by manipulation of the knobs 28 and 29intoiocking and seating engagement within the groove I 3.

When the end having the improved adapter of my invention affixedthereto, is inserted within the socket [6, the groove I3 is aligned withthe bore of the sleeve 2|, the end 30 of the plunger 21 is pushed intoseating engagement within the groove, and the padlock shackle or bow 3|is proected through the aperture 24 of the sleeve and then locked by keymeans K, the shackle 3| thus restraining the plunger from outwardmovement and locking the cue in the rack. The key K to the padlock isthen retained by the owner of the cue. The cue is removed from the rackby a reversal of the above locking movements.

Although my invention has been describedin connection with a preferredembodiment, it is to be understood that various and difierentembodiments might be employed without, however, departing from thespirit of my invention and the scope of the appended claims. a,

I claim:

1. Locking means Y for game 7 stick, having a spool shaped adaptersecured to one end of said ,game stick, said locking means comprisingsocket means adapted to receive said game stick, said socket meanscomprising a generallyv cup-shaped portion,v and an outwardly extendingtubular sleeve portion, a plunger element adapted to be reciprocablymounted within said sleeve portion and adapted to beprojected intolocking engagement with said spool-shaped adapter end of the gamestick,a lock adapted to be associated with t said sleeve portion and adaptedto prevent outward movement of said plunger means when so projected inlocking engagement with the adapter.

2. Locking means for a billiard cue, said locking means having groovedmeans disposed on the outermost end of said cue, said locking meanscomprising socket means secured to a rack, said socket means havingseating means for said I grooved end of the cue, said socket meansfurther being-apertured, sleeve means mounted within said aperture andprojecting laterally of said socket, reciprocably operable means securedwithin said sleeve and adapted to have reciprocable movement therein,said reciprocably operable means being in alignment with said groovedmeans when said one is seated within the said 3 socket, an end of saidreciprocably operable means adapted to be rojected within said groove,securing means adapted to be projected within the outermost endof thevsaid sleeve to retain said reciprocablyoperable .means, in lockingengagement with the cue.

. .JOHN BOWMAN.

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